The Epsom Derby is famous for many great races and occasions, and also sadly for the death of a young woman.
Back in 1913 suffragette Emily Davison was killed after she ‘threw’ herself under the king’s horse.
It all caused a tremendous stir back in 1913 and thousands watched as her coffin travelled through London on its way to King’s Cross and back to her home in the north.
Emily was at a local cottage hospital until her injuries finally caused her death, and details of her time in Epsom together with memorabilia of the events are carefully stored at Bourne Hall Museum in Ewell.
This topic is being covered in a book by Historian Colin Brown and he has an article on Emily in the Mail On Sunday – YOU magazine.
Read the article at BUT WAS EMILY DAVISON AN ACCIDENTAL MARTYR?
